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Recent Examples of plausibility The charge gained credibility — or at least plausibility — because some of the highest profile neocons were Jewish. —
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth. —Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026 Haunting and influential, Black Christmas is all the more terrifying due to the plausibility of the fears expressed. —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026 But ChatGPT and its ilk are also being used to give fraudulent or shoddy work a new veneer of plausibility, according to Mandy Hill, the managing director of academic publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plausibility
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 Epistemia is a name for a flaw in how people interpret these models, in which linguistic plausibility is taken as a surrogate for truth. —Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026 Haunting and influential, Black Christmas is all the more terrifying due to the plausibility of the fears expressed. —Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026 But ChatGPT and its ilk are also being used to give fraudulent or shoddy work a new veneer of plausibility, according to Mandy Hill, the managing director of academic publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. —Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plausibility
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That's a tough ask given that this isn't the first time the network's credibility has come into question.— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Countries—like companies and like people—rely on credibility to get things done.— Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
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The likelihood is that the stadium will host Champions League football next season while the work is going on, but with one end being devoid of supporters.— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, the way a person interacts with the health care system might have nothing to do with their likelihood of developing a condition.— Sara Novak, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.— Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.— STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Plausibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/plausibility. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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